WO2020015988A1

WO2020015988A1 - Method for parking a vehicle

Info

Publication number: WO2020015988A1
Application number: PCT/EP2019/067522
Authority: WO
Inventors: Bernd Woltermann
Original assignee: Daimler Ag
Priority date: 2018-07-20
Filing date: 2019-07-01
Publication date: 2020-01-23
Also published as: US20210312343A1; DE102018005761A1; CN112437933A

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for parking a vehicle (1), wherein travel data are transmitted to the vehicle (1) by communication between a personal mobile terminal (3) of a user (2) and the vehicle (1). According to the invention, the vehicle (1) communicates with parking space providers (4), taking into account the travel data, wherein it determines parking space offers of the parking space providers (4) and carries out a prioritisation of the parking space offers. The user (2) or the vehicle (1) selects one of the parking space offers. The vehicle (1) reserves a parking space according to the selected parking space offer and adds the parking space as the target destination of a navigation. Payment of incurred parking space costs is performed by the vehicle (1).

Description

Method of parking a vehicle

The invention relates to a method for parking a vehicle according to the features of the preamble of claim 1.

From the prior art, as described in US Pat. No. 9,177,475 B2

Vehicle parking system and method for displaying and analyzing

Parking information known. The system displays information about available parking spaces near a driver's destination. It can provide personalized information, predictions and advice to a particular driver as the system can learn the behavior of certain drivers over time.

A parking lot management system and method are described in US 2017/0018183 A1. The system includes a reservation server, which is a

Receives reservation input, a parking confirmation input and a parking completion input from at least one user client device, and one

Parking lot status database in communication with the server and configured to assign a status to each parking lot in the database, which is selected from a group containing at least available, reserved and occupied status as a result of the input received from the server.

The invention is based on the object of specifying a method for parking a vehicle which is improved compared to the prior art.

The object is achieved according to the invention by a method for parking a vehicle with the features of claim 1.

Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims. In a method for parking a vehicle, in particular to support a user, in particular a driver, for parking the vehicle, travel data is transmitted to the vehicle by communication between a personal mobile terminal device of the user and the vehicle. The user's mobile device is, in particular, a cell phone, in particular a so-called smartphone.

According to the invention, the vehicle communicates with parking space providers, for example with car park operators, taking into account the travel data, in particular within a predetermined or predeterminable radius around one another

Travel data resulting travel destination or stopover, the vehicle

Parking space offers of the parking space providers determined and a prioritization of the

Parking offers. The travel dates include, for example, the already mentioned travel destination or stopover, for example an airport or a

Venue, and for example appointment information, d. H. the travel dates contain in particular local and time information.

The user or the vehicle selects one of the parking spaces. I.e. when selected by the user, the vehicle provides the user with, for example, the parking space offers or a selection from the parking space offers, in particular in the prioritized one

Sequence, for example in an optical and / or acoustic form, for example on a display unit in the vehicle and / or on his personal mobile terminal, and the user selects one of the parking space offers.

The vehicle reserves a parking space according to the selected parking space and takes over the parking space as the destination for navigation. The vehicle will pay for parking space costs.

The method enables an increase in efficiency and comfort, since

annoying standard tasks in particular can be carried out automatically during the parking of the vehicle by means of the method. As a result, customer satisfaction of the user with respect to a manufacturer of the vehicle performing the method is increased. The method, in particular the vehicle, achieves an optimal solution for the user with regard to parking the vehicle, in particular in connection with a respective travel destination of the user and date of the

Destination. Without the method according to the invention, the user would, if he had to reach a respective travel destination, for example an event or a Airport, needs a parking space for his vehicle, especially if he is in a hurry, for example, drive to the next best parking garage and hope that it is free and not too expensive. After returning, he has to pay cumbersome costs before he can leave the car park. This is automated by the method according to the invention and, in addition, the optimal parking space is selected or the user is offered a number of parking spaces, in particular those that have already been pre-sorted by prioritization. This ensures that the parking space that the user then drives to is free because it is reserved for the user and that, for example, the costs are not too high and, for example, other conditions are also met.

In particular, the vehicle takes the travel data from a user's appointment calendar, which is stored in the user's personal mobile terminal or to which the user's personal mobile terminal has access. As a result, the vehicle determines, for example, a travel destination and / or intermediate destination and corresponding time data.

In particular, the vehicle can deduce from this that the user is certain or at least highly likely to find a parking space, for example in a parking space

Parking garage for which the vehicle will need and where this parking space must be. Furthermore, the vehicle can derive from this how much time the user will still need after parking the vehicle, for example in order to reach an aircraft in good time. From the appointment calendar, the vehicle can also determine a length of stay, for example, and thus query the parking costs from the parking space providers and determine the total costs.

The prioritization of the parking space offers is, for example, with regard to costs incurred, in particular parking space costs, and / or with regard to security and / or with regard to personal preferences of the user and / or with regard to a route of the vehicle to the parking space and / or with regard to a time period and / or a time required for this and / or a date and / or a weekday of an arrival at the parking lot and / or with regard to a length of time of the vehicle in the parking lot and / or with a time and / or a date and / or a weekday with the vehicle and / or with regard to the weather, in particular in a period of arrival at the parking lot and / or in a period of leaving the parking lot and / or in a

Duration of stay, and / or with regard to a route of the user from the parking lot to a travel destination and / or to an intermediate destination and / or with regard to a time period required for this and / or with regard to a required arrival time on Travel destination and / or at the intermediate destination and / or with regard to a return trip of the user from the travel destination and / or intermediate destination to the parking lot and / or with regard to a time period required for this.

On the basis of this information, the vehicle advantageously determines a best possible parking space choice and suggests one or more corresponding parking space offers to the user, for example. The user can confirm the proposed best parking space offer or one of the proposed parking space offers, i.e. H. Select to have the vehicle reserve the corresponding offered parking space, or the vehicle selects the best parking space offer itself and reserves the corresponding offered parking space without asking the user. Furthermore, the vehicle automatically takes over the parking space as the navigation destination, i.e. H. it adjusts a navigation route accordingly and thus navigates to the parking lot as the destination.

The above-mentioned personal preferences of the user, which can be taken into account when prioritizing the parking space offers, are specified, for example, by the user and / or by the vehicle, in particular on the basis of previous ones

Parking processes of the user, learned. If specified by the user, the user can actively decide which preferences should be taken into account and which should not. By learning the preferences, the process can be automatically optimized and adapted to the respective user.

For example, the vehicle transmits the reserved parking space provider

Parking lot, especially together with the reservation of the parking lot,

Vehicle identification information, in particular a motor vehicle registration number of the vehicle. As a result, the vehicle can be automatically recognized and let in by the parking lot provider, for example the parking garage. Stopping, for example at an entrance barrier, and for example releasing a parking ticket by the user are not necessary in this way, so that a further increase in comfort is achieved.

For example, the vehicle notifies the parking space provider of the reserved parking space that it has left the parking space, for example when the user returns and the vehicle leaves. Since the payment of the parking space incurred also cost through that Vehicle, the user can leave the parking lot and, for example, the parking garage with the vehicle without, for example, a pay machine beforehand

to visit and / or have to stop at an exit barrier, so that a further increase in comfort is achieved.

The vehicle will pay for the parking space costs

for example, in that the vehicle notifies the parking space provider of the reserved parking space for the payment information required for this, in particular credit card information and / or direct debit information. This allows an automatic

Reimbursement of costs takes place without the need for user intervention.

The communication of the vehicle with the parking space providers and / or for obtaining further information, in particular for prioritizing the parking space offers, can be done, for example, via the Internet, i. H. via an Internet connection of the vehicle, and / or by means of at least one other communication connection.

Exemplary embodiments of the invention are explained in more detail below with reference to a drawing.

It shows:

Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of a method for parking a vehicle.

Figure 1 shows a schematic representation of a method for parking a

Vehicle 1, in particular to support a user 2 when parking the

Vehicle 1, wherein the user 2 is in particular a driver of the vehicle 1.

In this method, a first is used here

Communication arrow KP1 schematically illustrated communication between a personal mobile terminal 3, in particular a mobile phone designed as a smartphone, the user 2 and the vehicle 1 transmits travel data to the vehicle 1. The travel data include, for example, a travel destination or an intermediate destination, for example an airport or an event location, and for example

Appointment information, ie the travel dates contain in particular local and time information. The vehicle 1 communicates, represented schematically here by second communication arrows KP2, taking into account this travel data

Parking space providers 4, for example with car park operators, in particular within a predetermined or predefinable radius, for example, of the travel destination or intermediate destination resulting from the travel data, the vehicle 1

Parking offers of the parking provider 4 determined and a prioritization of the

Parking offers.

The user 2 or the vehicle 1 selects one of the parking space offers. I.e. when selected by user 2, vehicle 1 provides user 2 with the parking space offers or a selection from the parking space offers, in particular in the prioritized one

Sequence, for example in optical and / or acoustic form, for example on a display unit in vehicle 1 and / or on his personal mobile

Terminal 3, and user 2 selects one of the parking space offers. This

Communication between the vehicle 1 and the user 2 is shown schematically in FIG. 1 by a third communication arrow KP3.

The vehicle 1 reserves a parking space in accordance with the selected parking space offer and takes over the parking space as a navigation destination and thus navigates to the parking space as the destination. A payment for parking space is made by vehicle 1.

In particular, the vehicle 1 takes the travel data from an appointment calendar of the user 2, which is stored in the personal mobile terminal 3 of the user 2 or to which the personal mobile terminal 3 of the user 2 has access. The vehicle 1 thereby determines, for example, a travel destination and / or an intermediate destination and corresponding time data. In particular, the vehicle 1 can deduce from this that the user 2 will certainly or at least with a high degree of probability need a parking space, for example in a parking garage, for the vehicle 1 and where this parking space must be. Furthermore, the vehicle 1 can derive from this how much time the user 2 will still need after the vehicle 1 has been parked, for example in order to reach an aircraft in good time. The vehicle 1 can, for example, also determine a length of stay from the appointment calendar and thereby query the parking costs from the parking space providers 4 and determine the total costs. The prioritization of the parking space offers is made, for example, with regard to costs incurred, in particular parking space costs, and / or with regard to security and / or with regard to personal preferences of user 2 learned by vehicle 1 and / or given by user 2 and / or with regard to a route of vehicle 1 to the parking space and / or with regard to a period of time required for this and / or with regard to a time and / or a date and / or a weekday of an arrival at the parking lot and / or with regard to a length of time of the vehicle 1 in the parking lot and / or with regard to a time and / or a date and / or a weekday of leaving the parking lot with the vehicle 1 and / or with regard to the weather, in particular at a time or in a period of arrival at the parking lot and / or at a time or in a period of leaving the parking lot and / or in a length of stay, and / or with regard to a route of the User 2 from the parking lot to a travel destination and / or to an intermediate destination and / or with regard to a time period required for this and / or with regard to a required time

Arrival time at the travel destination and / or at the stopover and / or regarding one

Return journey of the user 2 from the travel destination and / or intermediate destination to the parking lot and / or with regard to a time period required for this.

For example, the vehicle 1 transmits the parking space provider 4 of the reserved parking space, in particular together with the reservation of the parking space,

Vehicle identification information, in particular a motor vehicle license plate number of the vehicle 1. As a result, the vehicle 1 can be automatically recognized and let in by the parking lot provider 4, for example by the parking garage.

For example, the vehicle 1 notifies the parking space provider 4 of the reserved parking space that it has left the parking space, for example when the user 2 returns and the vehicle 1 leaves. Since the parking space costs are also paid by the vehicle 1, the user 2 can use the vehicle 1 leave the car park and, for example, the parking garage unhindered.

The payment for the parking space costs incurred is made by vehicle 1

for example, by reserving the vehicle 1 to the parking lot provider 4

Parking information required for this, in particular

Credit card information and / or direct debit information. The communication of the vehicle 1 with the parking lot providers 4 and / or

Collection of further information, in particular on the prioritization of parking space offers, can be done, for example, via the Internet, i.e. H. via an Internet connection of the vehicle 1, and / or by means of at least one other communication connection.

In the following, the method is described again using an example. On the basis of the appointment calendar of the user 2, in particular the driver, known to the vehicle 1, in particular via the personal mobile terminal 3, and / or on the basis of a choice of a destination in a navigation system of the vehicle 1 by the user 2, the vehicle 1 knows that the user 2 is very likely to go to a parking space, for example in a parking garage. The vehicle 1 also knows an available time of the user 2 via the appointment calendar of the user 2, for example a time until a booked aircraft departs and / or until a check-in at the airport and / or until the start of one Event.

For example, the vehicle 1 can use the Internet to ascertain further information, for example a current length of stay in a security check.

Via communication with the parking space providers 4, in particular via the Internet, the vehicle 1, in particular via the parking space offers from the parking space provider 4, receives information about free parking spaces, for example in parking garages, and the costs incurred for this. Based on the travel dates, especially based on

Calendar information from the calendar, the vehicle 1 can also calculate expected total costs.

On the basis of this information, the vehicle 1 calculates a best possible parking space choice, in particular taking into account costs, time and

if applicable, also adjustable or learned preferences, d. H. Preferences, the user 2 and for example the weather and information about a route from the parking lot to the travel destination or stopover, for example an event location. Taking weather information into account makes sense, for example, depending on whether the route from the parking lot to the travel destination or stopover is covered or not.

The vehicle 1 beats the user 2 the parking space, ie the parking space, according to the best possible parking space choice or a number of similarly good parking spaces Parking offers in front. User 2 can confirm the proposed parking space offer or select and confirm the best parking space offer for him from the proposed selection.

The vehicle 1 reserves, in particular books, the parking space in accordance with the parking space offer selected and confirmed by the user 2 and fits one

Navigation system route accordingly. As an alternative to the confirmation by the user 2, the vehicle 1 can also reserve, in particular book, the parking space according to the best possible parking space offer without asking the user 2.

With the reservation, in particular booking, the vehicle 1 informs the

Parking space provider 4, whose parking space offer it has accepted, uses the vehicle 1. It particularly divides vehicle identification information, in particular

Motor vehicle registration number of the vehicle 1, so that the parking lot provider 4 automatically lets in the vehicle 1 without the user 2, in particular the

Stop the driver at the entrance, for example into the parking garage, and

for example, pull a parking ticket.

When the user 2 returns and the vehicle 1 departs, the vehicle 1 informs the parking space provider 4, for example the parking garage, of the departure, in particular via its Internet connection, and shares the payment information with the latter. H. required payment information, for example credit card information, so that the user 2 automatically, in particular without stopping at one

Cash machines or at a barrier, the parking lot and for example that

Can leave parking garage.

Claims

claims

1 . Method for parking a vehicle (1), whereby by a communication

travel data is transmitted to the vehicle (1) between a user's personal mobile terminal (3) and the vehicle (1),

characterized in that

- the vehicle (1) taking into account the travel dates

Communicates parking providers (4),

- the vehicle (1) determines the parking space offers of the parking space providers (4) and prioritizes the parking space offers,

- the user (2) or the vehicle (1) selects one of the parking space offers,

- The vehicle (1) has a parking space corresponding to the selected one

Reserved parking space,

- The vehicle (1) takes over the parking space as the destination of a navigation, and

- A payment for parking space costs incurred by the vehicle (1).

2. The method according to claim 1,

characterized in that the vehicle (1) the travel data

Appointments calendar of the user (2), which is stored in the personal mobile device (3) of the user (2) or which the personal mobile device (3) of the user (2) has access to.

3. The method according to any one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that the prioritization of the parking space offers with regard to costs incurred, in particular parking space costs, and / or with regard to security and / or with regard to personal preferences of the user (2) and / or with regard to a route of the vehicle (1) to the parking space and / or with regard to this required time period and / or with regard to a time and / or a date and / or a weekday of an arrival at the parking lot and / or with regard to a length of stay of the vehicle (1) in the parking lot and / or with regard to a time and / or a date and / or a weekday of leaving the parking lot with the vehicle (1) and / or with regard to the weather, in particular in a period of arrival at the parking lot and / or in a period of leaving the parking lot and / or in a length of stay, and / or with regard to a route of the user (2) from the parking lot to a travel destination and / or to an intermediate destination and / or with regard to a time period required for this and / or with regard to a required arrival time at the travel destination and / or to the intermediate destination and / or with regard to a return route of the user (2) from Destination and / or stopover to the parking lot and / or with regard to one

required time is carried out.

4. The method according to claim 3,

characterized in that the personal preferences of the user (2) are predetermined by the user and / or are learned from the vehicle (1), in particular on the basis of previous parking processes of the user (2).

5. The method according to any one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that the vehicle (1) transmits vehicle identification information, in particular a motor vehicle registration number of the vehicle (1), to the parking space provider (4) of the reserved parking space.

6. The method according to any one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that the vehicle (1) notifies the parking space provider (4) of the reserved parking space that it has left the parking space.

7. The method according to any one of the preceding claims,

characterized in that the payment of the parking space costs incurred is carried out by the vehicle (1) by the vehicle (1) notifying the parking space provider (4) of the reserved parking space of the payment information required for this, in particular credit card information and / or direct debit information.